June 18, 2009

Cocktail Popsicles...

Ummm, this sounds delish? You had me at 'cocktail popsicle'. Check out these recipes from Diablo Magazine.

Tangerine Rum Popsicles
6 pops
2 oz. Bacardi Select Dark Rum
22 oz / 2 ¾ cup 8 to 10 Peeled Minneola Tangerines
1 oz. Juice of 1 Lime
1 oz. Raw Sugar Simple Syrup*
Splash of Lemon-lime soda
8 Popsicle Sticks
Into a blender, add peeled tangerines, lime juice, simple syrup and soda. Puree mixture into a liquid. Strain mixture into a measuring cup and add rum. Mix well and pour into Popsicle molds. Add Popsicle sticks and freeze for 8 hours.
Watermelon Rum Popsicles
6 Pops
2oz. Bacardi Watermelon Rum
24 oz / 3 cups Seedless Watermelon puree
1 oz. Simple Syrup*
Peel fresh watermelon; add into a blender with simple syrup. Puree until mixture is smooth. Strain mixture into a measuring cup. Add Bacardi Watermelon Rum and pour mixture into Popsicle molds. Add Popsicle sticks and freeze for 8 hours.

Havana Mojito Popsicles
6 pops
2oz. Bacardi Light Rum
3 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
3 oz. Simple Syrup*
2½ cups Lemon lime soda (sprite or sierra mist) ]
12 Fresh mint leaves
3 cups Ice Cubes
Combine all ingredients into blender with ice. Puree all ingredients until mixture is smooth and slushy. Pour slushy mixture into Popsicle molds. Add Popsicle sticks and freeze for 8 hours.

*Simple Syrup:
½ cup Sugar of choice
½ cup Water
Bring water to a boil and remove from heat. Add sugar and whisk mixture until all sugar has dissolved. Mixture should be clear in color. Bring to room temperature.

via Oh Joy

1 comment:

Anne @ The City Sage said...

Awesome! I want to host a party just so I have an excuse to make these for dessert!